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In order to compensate for the difficulties encountered during the implementation of our online application system, the application period is extended until May 31.
Highly motivated students are welcome to contact us in order to receive the application link.

Classes begin:
September 3, 2018

End of academic year:
September 30, 2019 (including internship period)

Presentation

The Master in International Management launched in September 2008 by the University of Rennes1’s Graduate School of Management (IGR-IAE Rennes) is specifically aimed at English-speaking students with a Bachelor's degree.

The specificity of the program is to combine intensive French language courses with a comprehensive academic program in Management taught exclusively in English.

Objectives

The main aim of the course is to provide students with the essential skills necessary to pursue a career as an International Business Executive.
The Master's program develops students' capabilities to succeed in a dynamic global business environment wiithin international companies.

Tailor-made for future managers, the program arms students with a panorama of up-to-date and indispensable «hard» and «soft» skills in International Management, which will help them incorporate the main steps of the companies' internationalization, by emphasizing on the interdependence of strategic, cultural, commercial, legal, financial and managerial issues.

Legal and Fiscal Management

Objectives

This teaching presents the ins and outs of the process of unification of the European continent; process whose center of gravity is undeniably the European Union. As a product of the metamorphosis into a political project of the three original European Communities, the European Union, apparently doomed to remain in a perpetual state of incompleteness, nevertheless represents the most advanced and most inclusive form of the process of unification of the European continent.

Skills to be acquired

1. Understanding of positioning of the European integration in globalization
2. Goals and fonctionning of the international organizations, other than EU, involved in the process of unifying the European continent.
3. Understanding of the philosophy of the European project to better understand the future developments of the integration of the continent on the eve of important transformations
4. Knowledge of the functioning of the EU institutions and of the main common policies.
5. Find one's way among European treaties and the derived norms of these treaties.

Program

Introduction – the phenomenon of unification of the European continent
Put into perspective, in comparison of other processes of unification in the world

Part 1 - the unification of the European continent through the cooperation between states
1 – the organisation for economic cooperation and development (OECD)
2 – the council of Europe (COE)
3 – the organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
4 – the European free trade association (EFTA)

Part 2 - the unification of the European continent through the « method of integration » : the European union
1 – 1947 - 1957 à the genesis of the European communities
2 – the evolution of the European construction from the treaty of Rome to the treaty of Lisbon
3 – the institutional structure
1 - the European council & the European external action service
2 – the bodies of the institutional triangle
3 – the checking bodies
4 – the financial bodies
5 – the advisory bodies
6 – the European agencies : perform specific tasks

Bibliography

• The ABC of EU law, by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, December 2016
• Accompanying documents made available in the framework of the course, via download on the University Intranet

Prerequisites

• Take an interest in international and European issues.
• General culture and open-mindedness.

Human Resources Management

Objectives

The aim of the course is to understand the link between company’s strategy and HR management in an international and cross cultural environment.

Skills to be acquired

The students will be able to :
• Discover the link between strategy and HR management
• Understand and assess the impact of cultural differences on HR policies
• Be able to design effective HR processes

Prerequisites

Stategy

Objectives

Businesses are under constant pressure and face a rapid change in their competitive environment. Successful performance in such an environment requires an increased understanding of the company's strategy. Those who do not meet this challenge are quickly sanctioned by the market.

Skills to be acquired

Intended for a public of students of first competence outside the management, the purpose of the course is to acquire a transversal decision-making autonomy, a systemic methodology of analysis, an aptitude to the structuring of Due Diligence.

Program

1. Introduction: Mastering key concepts of strategy.
- Analysis of the global environment (pivot variables)
- Analysis of the competitive environment (the Porter approach, the factors of evolution, the framework of analysis of the competitors);

2. The systemic diagnosis of the organization, a renovated approach
The main strategic levers
Strategic interactions and the impact on diagnosis
Analysis of the strategic capacity and projection of the strategic potential of the organization

Marketing

Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the specificities a current evolutions and challenges of the Luxury industry. A specific focus will be placed on the structure of the Luxury Fashion Industry (significant groups, actors, and brands), Luxury Fashion brands and products and communication strategies.

Skills to be acquired

At the end of this module, students will be able to:
- Define the essence of luxury
- Explain the fundamentals of Luxury branding and Luxury marketing and the different strategies implemented in this business.
- Be able to review product strategies and communication specificities of various Luxury Fashion brands and explain how they are the reflection of the brand identity and positioning
- Communicate and efficiently using language skills and presentation skills during students report and presentations. The teacher is expecting a good level of public speaking and presentations (e.g., PPT) skills.

Prerequisites

None. However having an academic background in Marketing and Business Administration in general may be helpful to follow this module.

Financial Management

Objectives

The main aim is to propose tolls and methods to evaluate the overall financial health of companies. From reading and deciphering financial statements, performance, profitability and the whole risk of a business will be assessed and analysed to help managers to make decisions.

Skills to be acquired

- Be able to implement many financial ratios and traditional indicators in function
of the financial question
- Analyze the figures in order to conclude about the financial health of a business

Prerequisites

Management Control

Objectives

This module develops an understanding of issues related to the elements of costs and costs systems. It develops abilities to prepare, analyze and interpret accounting information on cost elements in various cost systems.
It also introduce them to the techniques that management accountants use to assist managers in their decision-making tasks and to evaluate performance.

Skills to be acquired

1. Outline issues relating to product costs and cost systems
2. Describe the role and uses of different types of cost systems
3. Select appropriate methods for costing elements of cost (e.g. labour, materials and overhead) into products or services
4. Select and apply cost systems appropriate to the decision

Prerequisites

Legal and Fiscal Framework

Objectives

The aim of the course is to explain the rules which govern the preparation of financial statements for organisations which comply with international standards.

Skills to be acquired

The students will be able to …
- Understand the objective of general purpose financial reporting and identify the primary users of financial reports
- Explain the qualitative characteristics of useful financial information
- Understand the important assumptions which underlie the preparation of financial statements
- Understand the criteria which determine whether or not an element should be recognised in the financial statements
- Understand the structure and content of each component of a set of financial statements
- Prepare a statement of financial position, a statement of comprehensive income and a statement of changes in equity, in accordance with the requirements of IAS 1

Internationalization and Management - Part 1

Objectives

The aim of the course is:
• to provide students with a critical awareness of the principal concepts of International Marketing.
• to enable students to work effectively in organisations operating in an increasingly global environment.
• to give students experience in analysing and managing complex data to provide solutions to international marketing problems.

Skills to be acquired

After completing the course, students should be able:
• to get awareness of the importance of the role of international marketing in the development of a company.
• to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the company to potential markets.
• to adapt business strategy to the characteristics of each external environment.

Program

1. International Marketing and Product strategies
2. Price strategies in International Marketing
3. Place strategies in International Marketing
4. Communication strategies in International Marketing

Internationalization and Management - Part 2

Skills to be acquired

- Gaining competencies to reflect companies international business activities critically
- Gaining decision-making-oriented competency (e.g., self-management)
- Ability to evaluate complex, innovative situations as they are typical of companies international business activities

Program

• Qualitative and quantitative trends in the international business environrnent
• Modes of foreign market entry
• Theoretical approaches for the explanation of different modes of foreign market entry
• Strategies of international companies
• Organization of international companies 1: archetypes of macro structures
• Organization of International companies Il: Empirical studies referring to strategy and structure of international companies
• Organization of International companies III: technocratic and person oriented coordination of international companies
• Conceptual and methodological approaches to country culture

Teaching methods

Participants are expected contribute to the class through their comments, questions, and examples from their experience. Some readings may be assigned to supplement the in-class material. More specifically, the course will use the following teaching methods:
• Lectures
• Discussions of readings
• In-class exercises and simulations

Bibliography

International Business: Environments and Operations (12th Edition) by John Daniels, Lee Radebaugh, Daniel Sullivan
International Business - Competing in the Global Marketplace - 6th Edition (2007) by Charles Hill
International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior by Nancy J. Adler and Allison Gundersen

Internationalization and Management - Part 3

Objectives

This course prepares students to analyse and evaluate critical issues regarding the social, ethical and environmental responsibilities of business, to transfer sustainability-related knowledge and ethical theories to business practice, and to assess the relevance of CSR tools and apply them to specific business needs.
In order to become managers, students need to demonstrate critical awareness of corporate social responsibility issues in management.
This module supports the MBAIM program learning outcomes related to students being able to:
1. Integrate sustainability practices into company management and policies, thus creating sustainable value.
2. Manage organizational change and innovation, as building CSR into the company's management often requires significant change.
This module enables students to find responsible solutions to business problems by finding innovative solutions taking into consideration international and interdisciplinary differences.

Skills to be acquired

The students will be able to:
1. Critically evaluate the theoretical and conceptual approaches to CSR.
2. Appraise how a company identifies its stakeholders and manages the relationships with them.
3. Assess the strategic opportunities provided by CSR and sustainability.
4. Apply the concepts of CSR to formulate recommendations at the managerial level.

Program

This module is designed to enable students to deal with social and environmental challenges and the related ethical dilemmas. The main subjects covered include:
• Introduction to CSR and sustainability.
• CSR concepts and theories.
• CSR, leadership and governance.
• Stakeholder theory and management.
• The institutional environment of CSR.
• CSR, sustainability and corporate strategy.
• Embedding CSR in management and organization.
• Sustainable banking and socially responsible investment.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have a business undergraduate degree and to have a good knowledge of corporate policy and strategy and of management in all its dimensions.

Internationalization and Management - Part 4

Objectives

This course covers the challenge of interacting, managing and leading across cultural differences and national boundaries. Cultural differences are hard to understand because, although their consequences are obvious, it is not easy to analyze, describe or categorize them. Culture is actually highly complex.

Skills to be acquired

For future manager, being aware of the variety of issues and opportunities that arise when we take action outside our own culture is a key factor for success
- To consider the importance of intercultural communication
- To learn to think across cultural differences
- To be aware of issues and challenges involved in global business
- Skills, expertise and work required toward personal and professional growth
- To negociate across different cultures
- To emphasize on the opportunities of doing business with different cultures.

Program

- Introduction to the global business environment and cross cultural management
- Understanding cultural differences
- Communication and negociation across boundaries
- Doing business in North America
- Corporate Culture VS National culture

Internationalization and Management - Part 5

Objectives

The aim of the course is to learn
- How do we as leaders convene strategic conversations that enable us to support our work in organizations and communities?
- How do we understand difference as an asset from which we all can grow?

Skills to be acquired

The students will be able

1. To speak with intention: noting what has relevance to the conversation in the moment.
2. To listen with attention: respectful of the learning process for all members of the group.
3. To tend the well-being of the circle: remaining aware of the impact of our contributions.

Program

Concepts presentation and discussions on
Worldview Intelligence and the Art of Participatory Leadership
A participative approach for leading, convening and engaging

Program

Bibliography

Prerequisites

How to apply

Tuition fees:

Tuition fees for the academic year, inclusive of 300 hours of French classes, is 6 500 EUROS* (*subject to confirmation). This does not include affiliation to the French student social security scheme (217 € for the 2017-2018 academic year) and other living expenses.